Schtasks for XP Home
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Revision as of 10:16, 11 February 2008 by Laudrin (Talk | contribs) (Added explanation what schtasks is and a link to the command line parameters)
Schtasks is an utility that can create, delete, edit, list, start or stop a scheduled task. Command line parameters are listed e.g. here.
schtasks.exe is in Windows XP Professional by default while in Windows XP Home Edition it is not available.
This entry copies schtasks.exe from the server to c:\windows\system32\ folder on XP HE.
<package
id="schtasks"
name="schtasks for XPHome"
revision="1"
reboot="false"
priority="8">
<check type="file" condition="exists" path="C:\WINDOWS\system32\schtasks.exe" />
<install cmd='cmd /c "copy %SOFTWARE%\schtasks\schtasks.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\"' />
<remove cmd='cmd /c "del c:\windows\system32\schtasks.exe"' />
</package>